July 25-26, 2011 – Lava Beds National Monument, Tulelake, CA
Monday morning, July 25 th , we left Prospect, OR and headed south towards California. We stopped just across the state line at Tulelake, CA and are camped at the Tulelake Butte Valley Fair Grounds. We have a very nice site on the grass and under a great shade tree. The sites are narrow but there are currently only two rigs here so we can spread out. Now that we are no longer in Oregon, Rex is going to miss having someone else pump our gas. In Oregon it is against the law to pump your own gas and Rex enjoyed letting someone else do the pumping. Camille and Cody enjoying the grass and shade. Tuesday we drove to Lava Beds National Monument just south of Tulelake. Lava Bed National Monument lies on the northern flank of the massive Medicine Lake volcano. Medicine Lake is a shield volcano and last erupted about 1,100 years ago. We stopped at Petroglyph Point where there are hundreds of petroglyphs and pictographs along a cl...